Join us Saturday Morning at University Mall Cycle 9 will be at University Mall this Saturday morning (August 28th) from 9 – noon for the Pedal to the Metal Fest:  A Community Bike Festival & Sculpted Metal Bike Exhibit by New York artist, Josh Hadar Test ride electric bikes, check out our kid-carrying cargo bikes, and ride a new Melon folding bike! Check out the awesome ART BIKES by artist Josh Hadar and celebrate the Triangle Commuter Bike Initiative, which is creating bike routes for commuters in the triangle area! In addition, there will be a kids bike parade at 9.30 AM, t-shirts, prizes and entertainment. For FULL INFORMATION, Please see the University Mall Events site HERE. Hope to see you on Saturday -Elise share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

Try biking to work next week – It’s Bike To Work week! Next week (May 17-21, 2010) is Bike To Work Week. This is one week in May each year where there are events and activities that encourage people to try biking to work. If you haven’t tried biking to work before, why not try it next week! In today’s video I give 5 easy tips to think about if you want to try a new bike commute. Below are

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Last weekend, local bus driver Dave Deming attempted to carry over 900 bananas on his Yuba Mundo cargo bike. That’s 400 lbs – 10 boxes of 40 lb. each. Why did he do it? How successful was it? Watch the video to find out. share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

Since we love beautiful bikes here, and especially beautiful bikes that aren’t outrageously expensive, we brought in some bikes from the Masi Soulville line. Masi is an original Italian company known for the tradition of road cycling Remember the Italians in the movie Breaking Away? They weren’t no nice, but they give the idea of italians being big on biking. The Soulville line is designed in a classic and classy style that is perfect for cruising around town on a

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Join us for our first monthly Carrboro Cruiser Ride, a family-friendly bike ride around Carrboro.

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In June, Cycle 9, along with the other bike shops in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, won an award for working together to promote bicycle transportation as an alternative to cars. The award reads: Go Chapel Hill Commute Challenger Award Chapel Hill & Carrboro Bike Shops The Town of Chapel Hill recognizes all of the Chapel Hill & Carrboro Bicycle Shops for outstanding participation in Bike to Work Week events. Rarely do competing businesses put aside their own bottom lines for

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We had the pleasure of making it out to the Shakori Hill Festival today to let the kids participate in various events such as the Paperhand Puppet Intervention, and to listen to a bit of good music. The organizers had a booth there, asking for contributions towards a solar electic system that would power the event in the future. The card indicates that 10,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity are used to put on the event. I applaud

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